The problem with the appearance of bunions on the feet is often women's problem. This is due to the weakness of the ligaments and their less elasticity and strength than in men. In addition, women wear high-heeled shoes. In this case, 90% of the body weight goes to the forefoot and toes, which are susceptible to deformation.
As a result, cartilage grows on the big toe joint, forming a bone that causes suffering. The finger becomes bent, and the rest of the fingers gradually hurt. At the onset of the disease, folk recipes will help to cope with bunions (valgus deformity), but only an orthopedic surgeon can cure an advanced condition.
Treatment with table and sea salt
With the help of salt procedures, fever, inflammation, pain, and fatigue are relieved.
Treat for two weeks for 15 minutes. hot baths (37 degrees) with coarse table or sea salt. The course is repeated after 7 days, 3-4 times if necessary.
Salt with iodine . Also 2 weeks for 15 minutes. make baths with two tablespoons of salt and 10 drops of iodine diluted in 1 liter of water. Repeat after a break.
Salt, chamomile and elderberry . Steam your feet in a hot bath (10 liter pack of salt), then apply damp, warm fabric bags with chamomile and elderberry. Bandage it.
Cold application . Take 1 part of ice or snow and coarse salt, apply to the bone for 3-5 minutes. There is a burning sensation. Then, without wiping, apply a napkin and make an insulating bandage until the morning. If there is a strong burning sensation, lubricate with sea buckthorn oil. Do 10 procedures.
Sea salt, mustard powder and honey , taken equally. For 30 days, apply the mixture under cling film for 12 hours.
Bunions on the toes: treatment with iodine
Iodine network with bile . Apply a 5x5 mm mesh with a cotton swab and cover with bile from the pharmacy on top. Cover with cotton wool under an elastic bandage. Use at night until the condition improves.
Also a mesh, but without bile. To avoid getting burned, apply camphor oil to washed, dry feet before applying the mesh. Treat for 2 weeks.
Dissolve crushed aspirin (5 tablets) in a 10 ml bottle of iodine. Apply to the callus on the finger for 3 days, then take a 10-day break and repeat the course.
Iodine with dandelions . Dry the flowers in the sun and pour iodine for 3 days, keeping them in the dark. The mesh is applied to the bump two weeks before bedtime.
Massage
Massage for gout not only helps prevent the development of possible complications, but also helps speed up the healing process. Massage techniques are widely used in the treatment of many joint pathologies, as they help relieve pain and eliminate swelling.
Massage for gout helps remove uric acid from the body. It is recommended to perform massage procedures with a professional massage therapist, but in the absence of one, it is allowed to carry out massage at home, observing a number of rules:
- Massage movements should be smooth, the procedure should be started gradually.
- The procedure time for gout should not exceed 30 minutes.
- It is recommended to combine massage with physical exercise, as well as other methods of treating gout.
- First of all, massage is applied to those joints that are least affected by gouty disease.
- Rubbing movements, combined with grasping movements, should predominate.
- In case of gouty lesions of the hands, it is necessary to massage not only the limbs, but also the back and neck.
- The course of self-massage should begin with 5 minutes, then gradually increase the time to 15-20 minutes.
- It is recommended to massage for gout using special oils and ointments intended for the treatment of joint diseases.
Foot massage relieves gout symptoms
Before engaging in self-massage, you should consult a specialist. There are a huge number of massage techniques; not all of them are suitable for treating gout. Therefore, only a doctor can choose the right method and duration of the course, individually in each case.
The area of massage for gout depends primarily on the location of the affected joint. If the inflammatory process is concentrated on the upper limb, then the place of its production should be the following parts of the body:
- upper back;
- neck;
- hands.
For relaxation and preliminary mood, begin the indicated procedure for gout with a general massage. The person takes a comfortable position - sitting or lying down. As the tissues warm up and relax, muscle tension is relieved and joint pain subsides.
Then the muscles near the affected area are activated, without affecting the diseased joint. Gentle stroking is performed, followed by more persistent rubbing and kneading of the periarticular tissues. The procedure should not be painful.
After this, the massage therapist begins to work with the affected joint. His movements should be light, smooth, gentle, with a predominance of stroking and rubbing techniques.
The first massage sessions will help eliminate stiffness and pain in the affected joint and nearby tissues. Then the specialist’s work will be aimed at reducing malnutrition and developing muscle strength. The combination of massage techniques with passive and active movements will greatly increase the effectiveness of this treatment procedure.
Attention! It is forbidden to perform massage if gout is in an acute stage. In the subacute stage of the disease, only light, smooth movements are allowed.
The duration of the initial sessions is short, should be no more than 15 minutes. Gradually, the time of subsequent procedures increases and reaches 30–40 minutes. To obtain a noticeable effect, at least 15–16 of these sessions should be performed.
Treating a bunion on the big toe with potatoes
It helps with hallux valgus by applying grated fresh potato gruel or just the peel.
Potato decoction for a bath of peelings. Boil 1 liter of peelings in 3 liters of hot water, boil for 15 minutes. Pour 1.5 cups of broth into a basin of hot water. After 15 min. Dry your feet with a towel and sleep in socks. 14 sessions are enough.
Night compress from boiled and mashed peelings. A film and a warm bandage are applied on top.
Prevention of hallux valgus
The formation of bones on the thumbs gives the patient a lot of inconvenience and unpleasant sensations, so it is better to take a responsible approach to your health and follow the preventive recommendations of doctors. So, in order to prevent hallux valgus, experts recommend:
- regularly come for examination to an orthopedist, which will allow you to promptly identify any orthopedic pathologies;
- give preference to more comfortable shoes with an anatomically correct shape made from natural materials;
- put orthopedic insoles in your shoes;
- observe a rest regime at work, which is associated with monotonous load on the joints of the lower extremities;
- weight control will avoid additional stress on the musculoskeletal system;
- regularly undergo a comprehensive medical examination to identify and prevent problems with hormonal levels, metabolic processes, and the muscular-nervous system;
- watch your diet, include in your diet foods rich in calcium and other microelements that are beneficial for bones and ligaments;
- devote time to physical exercise - even regular morning exercises effectively strengthen muscles, ligaments and increase joint mobility;
- walk barefoot - a natural foot massage normalizes blood circulation in the lower extremities, strengthens muscles, relieves fatigue and swelling.
These simple actions will not only help avoid the occurrence of hallux valgus, but also fill your life with pleasant sensations, memories, moments of relaxation and joy, and help you maintain good physical shape.
Honey and propolis for a bunion on your toe
Lubricate with honey melted in a water bath.
Application of softened propolis. The cake is applied to the bone and bandaged overnight.
Compress . Wrap your leg with a napkin soaked in alcohol tincture of propolis, apply a film, make an insulating bandage and put on a woolen sock until the morning.
Healing clay for callus on the big toe
Use one method for 30 days. You can alternate, giving at least two weeks of rest between courses.
Red clay – 50 g, clean water – 250 ml, pharmaceutical turpentine – 6 drops and sea salt – 25 g. Keep until the clay becomes hard. Use warm water to rinse off.
Oak bark (100 g) is placed in 3 liters of boiling water and heated in a water bath for 15 minutes. Red clay or blue clay (0.5 cup) is added to the strained cooled broth and poured into a bowl of water.
To dilute red clay, boil chamomile, comfrey, and calendula. The mixture is applied daily for 2 hours.
Blue clay . Place 4 tbsp in a steam bath. l. clay diluted in a hot nettle decoction. Leave for 20 minutes. and apply the composition to a folded gauze napkin to wrap the foot. A film is placed on top. Keep for 20 minutes. in one day.
Basic rules of therapy
Having studied the information in the article, you can understand that you can get rid of growths on the feet quite quickly without the use of surgery. Such manipulations are carried out only in the most advanced cases. If the growth has just appeared and started to grow, the progress of this process can be stopped by using folk remedies to treat the bump on the big toe. For this purpose, you can use recipes and supplement them with effective additional techniques and tips:
- The use of special orthopedic devices or special purpose and shape of shoes. These devices are designed to fix the foot in the desired position.
- Effective therapeutic exercises developed and prescribed by an experienced orthopedic surgeon. This is the optimal opportunity to quickly restore the imbalance that has appeared in the foot muscles.
- Light therapeutic massage and well-designed physiotherapy. Exercises are necessary in order to return the sore foot to normal mobility and biomechanics.
- A diet and proper nutrition plan must be prescribed. It is important to lose excess weight to reduce stress on your feet and speed up your overall recovery time.
All this must be accompanied by the use of local therapeutic agents. If cones form on the feet near the big toe, treatment with folk remedies and following the recommendations described above will resolve the resulting pathology as quickly as possible.
Herbal recipes
Chestnut seeds. Horse chestnut, seeds and grated garlic – 100 g each, diluted in wood alcohol. Moisten a napkin and apply for 20 minutes. Continue treatment for 18-20 days.
Prune fruit. Boil 4-5 pieces in milk and apply the hot half until it cools down.
Compress with chopped blue onions at night. After removing the compress, apply an iodine mesh. Treat for 1 month.
Roll a fresh cabbage leaf with a rolling pin and place under a bandage overnight. In the morning - a net of iodine.
Apply pharmaceutical turpentine to a burdock leaf and wrap your foot in it. Apply a thin film and warm cloth on top. Continue treatment for 3 months.
Leaves of coltsfoot and burdock. Rinse, dry and apply, securing with film. Lie down under the blanket. Metabolism is improved and salts are not deposited. If desired, add St. John's wort, chamomile and plantain herbs.
Dried lilac flowers. Pour clean cold water into a jar - 10 cups and add lilac color - 1 cup. Screw on the lid and leave for 10 days. The composition is used to wipe the bone.
Exotic compresses
At night, clasping the foot from above and below, bandage the carcass of freshly caught river fish. A film and warm cloth are placed on the bandage. Use until the condition improves.
Some are treated with live earthworms, wrapping them at night. A wool sock is put on top.
Lubricate with mucus obtained from earthworms, closed in a jar for some time.
Steam your feet and lubricate the bone with Pomorin toothpaste.
Some people find that rubbing morning (“hungry”) saliva helps.
Lubricate three times a day with natural animal bile, which is sold at the pharmacy.
Reasons for the appearance of a lump
The leg consists of two arches: longitudinal and transverse. They perform the functions of shock absorption and balance support when walking. In the transverse arch an arch is formed consisting of the heads of the metatarsal bones. When the head of the first bone deviates, the foot becomes deformed and the phalanx of the big toe begins to protrude outward. The load on the remaining joints increases, they lower and remain in a deformed state. Among the main reasons that influence the appearance of a bone are:
- underdeveloped ligamentous apparatus of the foot, usually congenital;
- rickets;
- thyroid diseases;
- arthritis;
- arthrosis;
- lupus erythematosus;
- gout;
- flat feet;
- injuries;
- heavy load on the legs;
- uncomfortable shoes;
- excess weight.
Today the disease is very common. Including as a result of the popularization of high heels in the fashion industry. If you wear high-heeled shoes every day, the natural position of the joints becomes distorted. As a result, we get a disease that brings painful and uncomfortable sensations.